Latest: Pakistan announces restrictions on unvaccinated

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s readying curate has warned that radical who are not vaccinated volition not beryllium allowed to enactment from offices aft this month.

In a televised connection Tuesday, Asad Umar said unvaccinated radical volition besides not beryllium eligible to participate buying malls, usage nationalist transport oregon to question by aerial aft the Sept. 30 deadline.

Umar besides asked radical to support societal distancing successful comments that came hours aft Pakistan reported a dependable diminution successful cases of coronavirus.

Umar said astir 52% of the big colonisation successful Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, had been vaccinated and different cities should besides effort to vaccinate astatine slightest 40% of their eligible colonisation arsenic soon arsenic imaginable to debar lockdowns and COVID-19 related restrictions.

Pakistan has reported 1.2 cardinal COVID-19 cases and astir 27,000 deaths since the pandemic began past year.

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— Australia’s superior metropolis of Canberra volition stay locked down for 2nd month

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— Washington authorities infirmary execs accidental they person little capableness to assistance Idaho

— See AP sum astatine https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic.

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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:

BEIJING — A 2nd metropolis successful southeastern China has seen a leap successful COVID-19 cases successful a delta variant outbreak that started precocious past week.

The National Health Commission said Tuesday that 59 caller cases had been identified successful the latest 24-hour period, much than doubling the full to 102. All are successful Fujian state connected China’s eastbound coast.

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The larboard metropolis of Xiamen has confirmed 33 cases successful the past 2 days. Another 59 cases person been recovered successful Putian, astir 150 kilometers (90 miles) northbound connected the coast, wherever the outbreak was archetypal detected.

Xiamen locked down affected neighborhoods, closed amusement and fittingness venues and canceled radical activities including those for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Long-distance autobus work to different parts of the state has been suspended.

China has mostly stopped the dispersed of COVID but has sporadic outbreaks. A delta variant outbreak successful July and August dispersed to respective provinces, raising interest astir caller and much contagious variants.

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CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s superior metropolis of Canberra volition stay locked down for a 2nd period aft the section authorities reported 22 caller coronavirus infections.

The Australian Capital Territory locked down Aug. 12 aft a azygous lawsuit linked to a Sydney outbreak of the virus’ delta variant was detected.

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Territorial Chief Minister Andrew Barr said Tuesday that Canberra’s lockdown volition beryllium extended until Oct. 15.

Canberra is surrounded by New South Wales state, wherever Australia’s delta outbreak began erstwhile a limousine operator tested affirmative June 16. He was infected portion transporting a U.S. cargo formation unit from Sydney’s airport.

Sydney is Australia’s largest metropolis and has been locked since June 26.

Before delta came to Canberra past month, the metropolis of 430,000 radical had not recorded a azygous lawsuit of coronavirus assemblage corruption since July 10, 2020.

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CULLMAN, Ala. — As hundreds of mostly unvaccinated COVID-19 patients filled Alabama intensive attraction units, infirmary unit successful northbound Alabama contacted 43 hospitals successful 3 states to find a specialty cardiac ICU furniture for Ray Martin DeMonia, his household writes successful his obituary.

The nonmigratory of Cullman, Alabama, was yet transferred to Meridian, Mississippi, astir 170 miles (274 kilometers) away. The 73-year-old antiques trader died Sept. 1 due to the fact that of the cardiac lawsuit helium suffered.

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Now, his household is making a plea.

“In grant of Ray, delight get vaccinated if you person not, successful an effort to escaped up resources for non-COVID related emergencies,” his obituary reads. After describing the hunt for an ICU furniture for DeMonia, the obituary adds: “He would not privation immoderate different household to spell done what his did.”

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GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Great Falls High School successful Montana is moving to distant learning for the remainder of the week owed to an summation successful coronavirus cases among students and staff.

School officials said Monday that much than 35 radical person tested affirmative for the virus. Moving to distant learning volition let for quarantine oregon isolation times for students and unit to lapse and springiness sanitation crews clip to disinfect much than 40 classrooms.

Student diversion activities volition proceed arsenic scheduled, but determination volition beryllium a disguise request erstwhile students and coaches are successful adjacent proximity.

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Other schoolhouse districts person switched to distant classes due to the fact that of outbreaks.

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DENVER — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is urging the Food and Drug Administration to rapidly authorize booster shots for the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine arsenic good arsenic licence children ages 5 to 11 to beryllium vaccinated.

Polis said Monday that foot-dragging by U.S. wellness officials has outgo lives. In his words, “The FDA needs to get retired of their ivory operation and recognize determination is simply a existent beingness pandemic.”

In August, Pfizer said it had started the exertion process for a 3rd dose of its vaccine for everyone property 16 and older. It asserts that people’s antibody levels leap fivefold to tenfold aft a 3rd dose, compared to their 2nd dose months earlier.

The White House has begun readying for boosters aboriginal this month, if some the FDA and the CDC agree. Advisers to the FDA volition measurement grounds astir an other Pfizer changeable Friday. The U.S. already offers an other dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to radical with severely weakened immune systems.

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The fig of coronavirus infections and radical hospitalized for COVID-19 successful West Virginia person acceptable caller highs arsenic Gov. Jim Justice scolds residents who proceed to balk astatine getting vaccinated.

At slightest 40% of the state’s radical older than 12 person not received each doses.

The politician said Monday that “this is simply a pandemic of the unvaccinated.” He has balked astatine issuing either a vaccination oregon disguise mandate.

Officials said Monday that confirmed microorganism cases statewide totaled astir 8,860 past week, breaking the erstwhile play precocious of astir 8,200 acceptable successful aboriginal January. A grounds 852 radical were successful hospitals Monday for COVID-19, the illness that tin beryllium caused by the virus. The erstwhile precocious of 818 was acceptable Jan. 5.

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